Hill Street Blues Quotes

• Hill Street Blues might have been the first television show that had a memory. One episode after another was part of a cumulative experience shared by the audience.

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  Steven Bochco

  Memories   Firsts   Television  

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• I had a problem with cops pulling me over all the time for speeding. When I was doing Hill Street Blues, the cops said how much they loved the show as they were writing me up; meanwhile my insurance went through the roof.

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  Jennifer Tilly

  Writing   Problem   Hills  

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• Actor Mike Warren [was my former teammate], who was in Hill Street Blues. There are more, but it's starting to sound like a team reunion at Red Lobster. They were a great bunch of guys and we accomplished a lot together. That's something you don't forget.

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  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Team   Guy   Together  

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• Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired.

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  Steven Bochco

  Opportunity   People   Ensemble  

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• My favorite television show of all time is 'Hill Street Blues.' I think it's the show that is to television what Pele was to football or Muhammad Ali was to boxing.

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  Lennie James

  Football   Thinking   Boxing  

  "Lennie James on Acting in England and the U.S". Interview with June Thomas, www.slate.com. August 27, 2012.

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